Jabari Asim goes beyond what's taught in the classroom and tells a fact-filled history of African Americans through politics, activism, sports, entertainment, music, and much more. You'll follow the road to freedom beginning with the slave trade and the middle passage through the abolitionist movement and the Civil War where many African Americans fought as soldiers. You'll learn how slave songs often contained hidden messages and how a 15-year-old Jamaican-born young man named Clive Campbell helped to create hip-hop in the early 1970's.

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Preaching to the Chickens

The Story of Young John Lewis

By:
Jabari Asim

Narrated by:
Kevin R. Free

Length: 10 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
5

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
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Story

5 out of 5 stars
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Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim gives listeners a fascinating glimpse into the boyhood of civil rights leader John Lewis. Even as a very young boy, John Lewis knew he wanted to be a preacher when he grew up. He wanted to be the kind of leader who could use his passionate speeches to stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait to grow up? At five years old, when he became the official caretaker of the 60 chickens on his family's farm, he realized he had a wonderful audience to practice on.

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The N Word

Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why

By:
Jabari Asim

Narrated by:
Mirron Willis

Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
32

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
18

Story

5 out of 5 stars
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In 2003, the book Nigger started an intense conversation about the uses and implications of that epithet. The N Word moves beyond that short, provocative book by revealing how the word has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America.

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Only the Strong

By:
Jabari Asim

Narrated by:
J. D. Jackson

Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
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Performance

3.5 out of 5 stars
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Story

4 out of 5 stars
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Moved by the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., Lorenzo "Guts" Tolliver decides to abandon his career as a professional leg breaker and pursue a life of quiet moments and generous helpings of banana pudding in the company of his new, sensuous lover.